The Working Man

The government of Dubai just released some statistics about its workforce. Here are a few of the highlights:

• Unemployment is 0.8%
• The workforce grew last year by 7.2%
• More than 80% of the workforce is male
• 56% of Emiratis are not in the workforce (by choice)
• 23.9% of Emirati women work outside the home
• Of Emiratis who work, 58% work in government positions
• Emiratis make up only 3% of the workforce (the rest are expatriates from the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and Western countries)
  

The full story is available on the website of The National, an Abu Dhabi-based English-language newspaper. Here's a link.